Eighteen-year-old Twilla Farrally has had it rough. Diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and ADHD, and being an Alaska Native, her parents tried getting her into their specialized services but the waitlist was too long, so they sought other avenues of treatment.
The United States Department of Justice and the Alaska Division of Banking and Securities both said that Elder bilked well over 100 investors out of millions of dollars between 2016 and 2022.
Assembly Chair Chris Constant said the mayor’s office will be asked to provide details of the proposed settlements totaling $827,500. It is not clear how the money might be allocated between the two.
The police chief declined to predict when body cameras might be seen on Anchorage police officers, but admitted that he is feeling some frustration over the delays.
The suit points out that many other departments in the state, including Fairbanks and Alaska State Troopers, have successfully implemented body cam policies.
Anchorage and the Mat-Su have seen a spike in overdoses from fentanyl during the month of April. This reflects a growing crisis across the country that has lawmakers scrambling to create new laws to stop the spread of the deadly drug, which is often involved during intentional drug use.
In 2018, Anchorage passed a plastic bag ban that restricts grocery stores and most retailers from using disposable bags because they pose an environmental hazard.
Bird previously served as Bronson’s senior policy advisor and was nominated for the city’s municipal attorney role last September, an appointment that was rejected by the Anchorage Assembly.
The fight between the Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson over documents related to the hiring and resignation of former Health Department Director Joe Gerace is now going to court.
A federal judge in Texas promises a decision “soon” on whether to grant a request from a group of anti-abortion groups to rescind the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of the widely used abortion-inducing drug mifepristone — a decision that could lead to major changes throughout the country on how women access abortion where it is legal.
The United States Attorney’s office in Alaska has joined the Alaska Division of Banking and Securities in going after an Anchorage man accused of running a Ponzi-style scam.
Until now, it had not been disclosed how many times students were affected by the district’s policy, but an Alaska’s News Source investigation found that number to be in the thousands.
Several big-name national sponsors have walked away from the annual Alaska sled dog race in recent years, while other local sponsors and a handful of national companies remain as partners.
Some Anchorage School District students with disabilities have been improperly restrained and placed in seclusion as a form of discipline, the DOJ says.
Revive Alaska falsely claims to be backed by corporate sponsors. Seattle Mariners and Amvets are among those that say they never supported the Anchorage nonprofit.
Anchorage police report that calls from the Sullivan Arena, the city’s temporary homeless shelter, and calls from the neighborhood that surrounds it have gone up dramatically.
An update on an Alaska News Source investigation into a nonprofit group that received $750,000 in federal grant money uncovers questions regarding the group’s fundraising efforts. The Anchorage Assembly has already expressed serious concerns after Revive purchased a church with grant money intended to build a food pantry in South Anchorage. Part of that grant agreement required the group to raise matching funds, but no proof has been provided to show that has happened.
Revive Alaska now selling church purchased partially with pandemic relief funds, while Anchorage audit shows 65% of fund recipients failed to report how money was spent.
Anchorage Assembly members say they approved that grant to help the group rebuild a food pantry in South Anchorage but the group purchased a church in Midtown instead.
Members of the Anchorage Assembly say a Bronson administration report doesn't provide enough details about the hiring of former Health Department Director Joe Gerace.
The Anchorage Assembly went into executive session Tuesday night to review documents from the investigation into former Anchorage Health Department Director Joe Gerace, who fabricated much of his resume.
Anchorage Municipal Ombudsman Darrel Hess spoke out Thursday, one day after issuing a memo that a municipal “executive” said Mayor Dave Bronson’s office was viewing surveillance footage of the ombudsman’s office to see which employees visited the office and spoke with members of the Anchorage Assembly.
The Anchorage Assembly has scheduled special executive sessions and public meetings Thursday and Friday regarding a letter addressed to the Bronson administration by the lawyer for former Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski earlier this month.
The president of an Anchorage nonprofit organization is facing serious questions about how the group spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds.
Anchorage municipal officials say they’re in shock after receiving a wrongful termination letter on Wednesday from former Municipal Manager Amy Demboski’s attorney, accusing Mayor Dave Bronson of several past instances of unethical and illegal behavior.
Raiden Toms-Moonin’s parents say they were unable to find long-term treatment centers in Alaska so they started looking Outside, which is when they learned about Oak Plains Academy.
Police have now released the name of the man found dead and lying near the intersection of Benson Boulevard and A Street on Dec. 29, 2022, identifying him as 63-year-old Roger Williams.
A woman accused of defrauding a Yakutat widow out of $700,000 and using the money to purchase a home in Bosque County Texas will not serve as treasurer there. Last November, Carla Sigler was elected county treasurer but failed to obtain the required bond needed to maintain that position.
The Anchorage Police department's list for outdoor deaths increased this year over the past two years. In 2020 there were 20 deaths and in 2021 there were 19.
An Alaska Superior Court judge entered a nearly $1.5 million judgment against James Vernon Sigler and Carla Sigler last month, the largest verdict ever in an Alaska elder abuse case.
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